Nanog RNA-binding proteins YBX1 and ILF3 affect pluripotency of embryonic stem cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 847-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanliang Guo ◽  
Yan Xue ◽  
Guanheng Yang ◽  
Shang Yin ◽  
Wansheng Shi ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 381 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samudyata ◽  
Paulo P. Amaral ◽  
Pär G. Engström ◽  
Samuel C. Robson ◽  
Michael L. Nielsen ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Leticia Zaboroski Silva ◽  
Anny Waloski Robert ◽  
Guillermo Cabrera Cabo ◽  
Lucia Spangenberg ◽  
Marco Augusto Stimamiglio ◽  
...  

AbstractPosttranscriptional regulation plays a fundamental role in the biology of embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Many studies have demonstrated that multiple mRNAs are coregulated by one or more RNA binding proteins (RBPs) that orchestrate the expression of these molecules. A family of RBPs, known as PUF (Pumilio-FBF), is highly conserved among species and has been associated with the undifferentiated and differentiated states of different cell lines. In humans, two homologs of the PUF family have been found: Pumilio 1 (PUM1) and Pumilio 2 (PUM2). To understand the role of these proteins in human ESCs (hESCs), we first demonstrated the influence of the silencing of PUM1 and PUM2 on pluripotency genes. OCT4 and NANOG mRNA levels decreased significantly with the knockdown of Pumilio, suggesting that PUMILIO proteins play a role in the maintenance of pluripotency in hESCs. Furthermore, we observed that the hESCs silenced for PUM1 and 2 exhibited an improvement in efficiency of in vitro cardiomyogenic differentiation. Using in silico analysis, we identified mRNA targets of PUM1 and PUM2 expressed during cardiomyogenesis. With the reduction of PUM1 and 2, these target mRNAs would be active and could be involved in the progression of cardiomyogenesis.


Cell Reports ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 109198
Author(s):  
Shlomi Dvir ◽  
Amir Argoetti ◽  
Chen Lesnik ◽  
Mark Roytblat ◽  
Kohava Shriki ◽  
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Development ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 144 (19) ◽  
pp. 3454-3464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Po Yang ◽  
Tamsin J. Samuels ◽  
Yaling Huang ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
David Ish-Horowicz ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundararaghavan Pattabiraman ◽  
Gajendra Kumar Azad ◽  
Triana Amen ◽  
Shlomi Brielle ◽  
Jung Eun Park ◽  
...  

Abstract Vimentin is one of the first cytoplasmic intermediate filaments to be expressed in mammalian cells during embryogenesis, but its role in cellular fitness has long been a mystery. Vimentin is acknowledged to play a role in cell stiffness, cell motility, and cytoplasmic organization, yet it is widely considered to be dispensable for cellular function and organismal development. Here, we show that Vimentin plays a role in cellular stress response in differentiating cells, by recruiting aggregates, stress granules, and RNA-binding proteins, directing their elimination and asymmetric partitioning. In the absence of Vimentin, pluripotent embryonic stem cells fail to differentiate properly, with a pronounced deficiency in neuronal differentiation. Our results uncover a novel function for Vimentin, with important implications for development, tissue homeostasis, and in particular, stress response.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samudyata ◽  
Paulo P. Amaral ◽  
Pär G. Engström ◽  
Samuel C. Robson ◽  
Michael L. Nielsen ◽  
...  

AbstractSox2 is a master transcriptional regulator of embryonic development. In this study, we determined the protein interactome of Sox2 in the chromatin and nucleoplasm of mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells. Apart from canonical interactions with pluripotency-regulating transcription factors, we identified interactions with several chromatin modulators, including members of the heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) family, suggesting a role of Sox2 in chromatin-mediated transcriptional repression. Sox2 was also found to interact with RNA binding proteins (RBPs), including proteins involved in RNA processing. RNA immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing revealed that Sox2 associates with different messenger RNAs, as well as small nucleolar RNA Snord34 and the non-coding RNA 7SK. 7SK has been shown to regulate transcription at regulatory regions, which could suggest a functional interaction with Sox2 for chromatin recruitment. Nevertheless, we found no evidence of Sox2 modulating recruitment of 7SK to chromatin when examining 7SK chromatin occupancy by Chromatin Isolation by RNA Purification (ChIRP) in Sox2 depleted mES cells. In addition, knockdown of 7SK in mES cells did not lead to any change in Sox2 occupancy at 7SK-regulated genes. Thus, our results show that Sox2 extensively interact with RBPs, and suggest that Sox2 and 7SK co-exist in a ribonucleoprotein complex whose function is not to regulate chromatin recruitment, but might rather regulate other processes in the nucleoplasm.Summary blurbSox2 interacts with RNA-binding proteins and diverse RNAs


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guifeng Wei ◽  
Mafalda Almeida ◽  
Greta Pintacuda ◽  
Heather Coker ◽  
Joseph S Bowness ◽  
...  

AbstractRNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification plays important roles in multiple aspects of RNA regulation. m6A is installed co-transcriptionally by the METTL3/14 complex, but its direct roles in RNA processing remain unclear. Here we investigate the presence of m6A in nascent RNA of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). We find that around 10% m6A peaks are in introns, often close to 5’-splice sites. RNA m6A peaks significantly overlap with RBM15 RNA binding sites and the histone modification H3K36me3. Interestingly, acute dTAG depletion of METTL3 reveals that inclusion of m6A-bearing alternative introns/exons in the nascent transcriptome is disrupted. For terminal or variable-length exons, m6A peaks are generally located upstream of a repressed 5’-splice site, and downstream of an enhanced 5’-splice site. Intriguingly, genes with the most immediate effects on splicing include several components of the m6A pathway, suggesting an autoregulatory function. Our findings demonstrate a direct crosstalk between m6A machinery and the regulation of RNA processing.


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